Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yun decided to spend half a month replenishing the manor’s pill supply, while Dugu Yan secured Ye Lingling’s transfer to Years Manor as his student. As Ye Lingling packed to leave the academy, Dugu Yan warned her that joining the manor might require giving up her body, and Ye Lingling asked how many women there had a special relationship with Xiao Yun.

• Xiao Yun learned that the manor had only half a month’s worth of pills left and decided to focus on refining more while Liu Erlong handled visitors and correspondence.
• Dugu Yan told Meng Shenji that Xiao Yun had agreed to the committee members’ request and asked her to bring Ye Lingling to Years Manor.
• Meng Shenji summoned Ye Lingling and explained that Xiao Yun would be her teacher, so Ye Lingling agreed to leave the academy with Dugu Yan.
• As Ye Lingling packed her belongings, she told Dugu Yan that she had noticed flaws in Yu Tianheng’s character.
• Dugu Yan warned Ye Lingling that entering Years Manor might require her to give up her body, and Ye Lingling asked how many people there had a special relationship with Xiao Yun.

Dugu Yan tried to persuade Ye Lingling to join Xiao Yun's group by showing her the benefits Xiao Yun had brought, then brought her to Years Manor. After Xiao Yun briefly asked about Ye Lingling's Martial Soul and cultivation, she was left wondering whether that was all he wanted to ask.

• Dugu Yan listed Xiao Yun's women and showed Ye Lingling her level sixty-nine Soul Emperor strength, claiming that following Xiao Yun had helped everyone improve rapidly.
• Ye Lingling said she would think about joining, and Dugu Yan stored her luggage in a Storage Soul Tool Xiao Yun had given her.
• Dugu Yan brought Ye Lingling to Years Manor, where Ye Lingling sensed unusually dense Soul Power and a force that stirred her Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan introduced Ye Lingling to Xiao Yun in his Study Room, and he asked about her Martial Soul's connection to spiritual herbs and her mental perception training.
• After Xiao Yun made a few notes and said nothing more, Ye Lingling asked whether that was all he needed to ask.

Ye Lingling joined Xiao Yun’s estate and cultivated in its dedicated chamber, where her Soul Power rose to level fifty-seven. After meeting the residents over dinner, she returned to the Start of Winter Courtyard and adjusted to her increased power.

• Xiao Yun accepted Ye Lingling’s stay as a transaction and told her that her future at the estate would depend on herself.
• Dugu Yan showed Ye Lingling the Start of Winter Courtyard and its Cultivation Room, where Soul Power was more than ten times denser than outside.
• Ye Lingling cultivated in the chamber and gained two ranks, reaching level fifty-seven.
• Dugu Yan escorted Ye Lingling to dinner, where Xiao Yun introduced the estate’s residents and Xivia gave her a bowl of soup.
• Ye Lingling returned to the Start of Winter Courtyard and sensed her increased Soul Power settling into a new balance.

Dugu Yan persuaded Ye Lingling to consider becoming Xiao Yun’s woman by explaining how his Life Essence had improved her health, cultivation, and lifespan. Ye Lingling was shaken by the potential benefits and promised to give Dugu Yan an answer soon.

• After Ye Lingling left, Dugu Yan stayed with Xiao Yun, and the next morning she visited Ye Lingling’s courtyard while Xiao Yun began refining Soul Replenishing Pills.
• Dugu Yan warned Ye Lingling that her Soul Power was rising too quickly, then explained that Xiao Yun’s Life Essence had healed her hidden injuries and accelerated her cultivation.
• Dugu Yan said that Xiao Yun’s other women had experienced similar benefits and invited Ye Lingling to try receiving Life Essence herself.
• Dugu Yan explained that Life Essence might help Ye Lingling’s Nine-Star Begonia evolve into a Ten Hearts Begonia and could also improve cultivation, longevity, and youth.
• Ye Lingling reacted with shock and told Dugu Yan she would seriously consider the suggestion and answer soon.

Ye Lingling accepted Dugu Yan’s pills, spent a month observing life in the estate, and decided to formally join as a member. Liu Erlong welcomed her and issued her official equipment, while Ye Lingling prepared to begin her new life.

• Dugu Yan gave Ye Lingling five Soul Replenishing Pills and told her she would have to leave if she failed to become Xiao Yun’s woman within a year.
• After a month in the estate, Ye Lingling decided she wanted to join the family and become Dugu Yan’s sister.
• Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling that Spirit Flame Maiden had already won Xiao Yun over, making Ye Lingling the thirteenth sister, and took her to see Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong gave Ye Lingling official estate clothing and a longsword, which Ye Lingling found enhanced her protection, vitality, senses, and attack power.
• Ye Lingling returned to her courtyard, put away the clothing, and hung the longsword on her wall.

Ye Lingling welcomed Xiao Yun and received instruction in cultivation methods and Martial Skills. After choosing her skills, she showed him her Nine Hearts Begonia, and Xiao Yun discovered that its life energy was concentrated in its blossoms.

• Ye Lingling waited in her courtyard until Xiao Yun arrived and gently tucked a loose lock of hair behind her ear.
• Xiao Yun explained the Twelve Main Meridians, the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, the Azure Emperor Yimu Formula, and the available Martial Skills and movement techniques.
• Ye Lingling chose Wind God Leg, Cloud Dispelling Palm, and Lingbo Weibu, and Xiao Yun transmitted their cultivation knowledge to her.
• Ye Lingling excitedly tried to get up and practice, then hid beneath the blanket when Xiao Yun pointed out that she was not dressed to go outside.
• Ye Lingling described the healing ability of her Nine Hearts Begonia and summoned it for Xiao Yun to examine.
• Xiao Yun sensed that the Nine Hearts Begonia's life energy was concentrated in its blossoms, leaving its vines and roots too weak for even basic Root Entanglement.

Xiao Yun poured Life Soul Power into Ye Lingling’s Nine Hearts Begonia Martial Soul, triggering a dangerous evolution that left it resembling a Single Heart Begonia. He supplied Natural Divine Power to complete its transformation, and the Martial Soul settled into a closed flower bud with golden patterns.

• Xiao Yun told Ye Lingling he wanted to replenish her Nine Hearts Begonia with life force and see if it could evolve, and she agreed to try.
• Xiao Yun poured Life Soul Power into the Martial Soul, causing its nine stamens to wither and its pistil and ovary to grow around a miniature figure.
• Xiao Yun realized the evolution could not continue with Life Soul Power alone, while Ye Lingling feared that stopping would leave her Martial Soul ruined as a Single Heart Begonia.
• Xiao Yun carefully fed Natural Divine Power into the ovary, and the figure inside formed into a stable embryo as golden patterns appeared across the flower.
• Ye Lingling watched her Nine Hearts Begonia close into a flower bud and waited as its energy stabilized.

With Xiao Yun's help, Ye Lingling's Nine Hearts Begonia evolved into the God-Tier Martial Soul Begonia Flower God, and she discovered several new abilities. Xiao Yun wondered whether other God-Tier Martial Souls had also been created through divine power.

• The Nine Hearts Begonia bud pulsed, opened, and released a tiny fairy of light before Ye Lingling.
• The fairy merged into Ye Lingling, and she felt its warmth and power flow through her meridians.
• Ye Lingling realized her Martial Soul had evolved into the Begonia Flower God, though she could not summon it yet.
• Ye Lingling discovered she could use Healing Light without summoning her Martial Soul, control begonia-type plants and Soul Beasts, inflict Poison Milk, and cultivate plants into forms such as walls, armor, and cages.
• Xiao Yun wondered whether divine power from the Angel God and Sea God had created Qian Renxue's and Bo Saixi's God-Tier Martial Souls.

After Ye Lingling absorbed her inheritance, she thanked Dugu Yan for encouraging her and discussed the Soul Skills she had chosen. Xiao Yun arranged the next batch of medicinal supplies with Liu Erlong, then went to the Heaven Dou Crown Prince's Mansion to pursue his plans for helping Soul Beasts evolve into God-Tier beings.

• Xiao Yun helped Ye Lingling recover after she absorbed the inheritance, and they spent the night together.
• Dugu Yan visited Ye Lingling, brought her breakfast, and heard her express gratitude for the encouragement that helped her accept the opportunity.
• Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan she had chosen Yimu Formula, Lingbo Weibu, Wind God Leg, and Cloud Dispelling Palm as her Soul Skills.
• Xiao Yun gave Liu Erlong a Storage Soul Tool filled with pills and instructed her to store the next batch of medicinal herbs in the Alchemy Pavilion's pharmacy.
• Xiao Yun left Years Manor, traveled through Heaven Dou City, and arrived at the Heaven Dou Crown Prince's Mansion to consider how Divine Power could help Soul Beasts evolve into God-Tier beings.

Xiao Yun obtained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Qian Renxue to prepare for hunting a nearly million-year-old Sea Soul Beast, whose Spirit Ring he intended for her. He left Heaven Dou City and began examining the artifact on a protected mountain summit northwest of the city.

• Xiao Yun met Qian Renxue in the Study Room and asked her to retrieve the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the Heaven Dou Royal Treasury.
• Xiao Yun told Qian Renxue he planned to use the artifact to hunt a 990,000-year-old Sea Soul Beast and save its Spirit Ring for her ninth Spirit Ring.
• Qian Renxue returned with the sealed Wooden Box, and Xiao Yun stored it in his Storage Soul Tool and sealed away its aura.
• Xiao Yun urged Qian Renxue to reach rank ninety, then left the Crown Prince's Mansion without an escort.
• Xiao Yun flew northwest of Heaven Dou City, established a protective formation on a mountain summit, and took the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from its box.

Xiao Yun studied and countered the Sea God's Divine Sense phantom as they fought atop the peak, while their battle sent rocks crashing down on the Clear Sky Sect's barracks below. Tang Xiao climbed toward the fight but was caught by a golden cloud of light and hurled into another mountain peak.

• The Sea God's Divine Sense phantom attacked Xiao Yun with Unfixed Storm, but Xiao Yun evaded the ripples and studied how they used moisture to restrain him.
• The phantom repeated Unfixed Storm, and Xiao Yun used his Divine Sense to disperse its control over the surrounding moisture.
• The phantom summoned dozens of trident shadows, and Xiao Yun met them with his Golden Long Sword and Sword Qi.
• Falling rocks damaged buildings at the Clear Sky Sect's barracks, where elders and Titled Douluo protected the people below.
• Tang Xiao climbed toward the peak through falling rocks and snow, but a golden cloud of light dragged him off course and hurled him into a neighboring mountain.

Xiao Yun fought Poseidon's Divine Sense phantom on the summit, countering its attacks and using Soul Puppet Threads to take control of it. After securing the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, Xiao Yun left on his flying sword, and Clear Sky Sect members approached the summit.

• Tang Xiao was pulled from the rock wall and warned the Clear Sky Sect disciples to stay away from the summit.
• Poseidon's Divine Sense phantom attacked Xiao Yun with One Goes Never to Return, but Xiao Yun blocked the trident strike with his longsword.
• Xiao Yun sent hundreds of sword phantoms at the weakened phantom and concealed Soul Puppet Threads among them.
• The Soul Puppet Threads infiltrated the phantom and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, slowing the phantom and disrupting its Divine Power.
• Xiao Yun suppressed the phantom and used Soul Puppet Threads to take control of it, stabilizing the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Xiao Yun put away the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and departed, after which Clear Sky Sect members climbed to the summit.

Xiao Yun showed Liu Erlong the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and sealed the Sea God's Divine Sense inside a piece of jade. He then revealed that he had reached level one hundred and become a god, leaving Liu Erlong stunned by his World Bead Martial Soul and ten golden Spirit Rings.

• Xiao Yun explained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud's four abilities and learned that the Sea God's Divine Sense knew only the first three forms of the Golden Thirteen Halberds.
• Xiao Yun sealed the Sea God's Divine Sense into jade and told Liu Erlong that the Sea God would not notice it while its aura remained hidden.
• Liu Erlong questioned whether Xiao Yun could face the Sea God, and Xiao Yun wrote 100 to indicate his strength.
• Xiao Yun revealed his World Bead Martial Soul, briefly unleashing its force and a pressure that nearly made Liu Erlong kneel.
• Xiao Yun displayed ten golden Spirit Rings and explained that he had reached level one hundred, gained divine power, and possessed Million-Year God-Level Soul Rings.

Xiao Yun offered Liu Erlong a complete set of Archaic-Tier Azure Dragon Spirit Bones, which she absorbed and found greatly enhanced her vitality and Soul Power. She began sensing a new power accumulating within her bones.

• Liu Erlong realized Xiao Yun had become a God and reflected on how choosing him had changed her life.
• Xiao Yun asked whether Liu Erlong wanted the Deep Sea Demon Whale Emperor's Spirit Ring or Spirit Bone, and she requested its Spirit Bone instead.
• Xiao Yun explained he could now materialize Spirit Bones from a dungeon and asked whether the manor's residents would want complete sets.
• Xiao Yun summoned seven Archaic-Tier Azure Dragon Spirit Bones and gave the set to Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong absorbed all seven Spirit Bones, felt her vitality and Soul Power improve, and sensed power building in her bones.

After Liu Erlong absorbed a powerful set of Spirit Bones, Xiao Yun explained the dungeon tiers and decided to keep the dungeon secret while making it available at Years Manor. He placed four Trial Temples in the backyard and announced their rewards and daily attempt limits to everyone at breakfast.

• Liu Erlong confirmed that the absorbed Spirit Bones had integrated into her body, and Xiao Yun explained the dungeon's levels, Spirit Bone tiers, and risks of attempting challenges above one's strength.
• Liu Erlong advised Xiao Yun to keep the dungeon secret and restrict its use to Years Manor, and he asked her to plan how the manor's residents could use it safely.
• Xiao Yun placed four dungeon entrances in the backyard corners and installed identity checks to prevent unauthorized entry.
• Xiao Yun and Liu Erlong spent the night together, and he postponed telling her about the entrances until the next morning.
• At breakfast, Xiao Yun described the four temples' rewards and warned that each offered only two challenge attempts per day.

Xiao Yun opened the four Divine Temples at Years Manor and watched his companions begin using them before setting out alone for Sea God Island. He reached the island at dusk and camped in its outer region, preparing to explore the next day.

• Xiao Yun registered the women at the four Divine Temples, set limits on their use, and let them choose which temples to enter.
• Over the following days, Liu Erlong and the others trained in the Divine Temples while Xiao Yun prepared for his journey.
• Qian Renxue refused to accompany Xiao Yun because she would follow the path of the Divine Test, and Liu Erlong declined because the Sea Soul Beast's attributes did not suit her.
• Xiao Yun departed Years Manor alone aboard his spirit boat and flew toward Sea God Island.
• Xiao Yun confirmed the island matched his nautical chart, landed on its eastern beach, and made camp in the outer region for the night.

Xiao Yun caught several Ornate Spiny Lobsters and cooked each with a different method on Sea God Island's shore. He deliberately released Titled Douluo-level soul power while waiting for someone, as Bo Saixi stood inside the Sea God Temple.

• Xiao Yun used his Spiritual Power to find and catch several healthy Ornate Spiny Lobsters in the shallow water.
• Xiao Yun built a temporary stove on the beach and prepared the lobsters in five different ways.
• Xiao Yun cooked and removed each lobster as it finished, then let the fire die down.
• Xiao Yun released soul power fluctuation equivalent to a Titled Douluo's and watched the island's depths as if awaiting someone.
• Bo Saixi stood in the center of Sea God Island's Sea God Temple.

Bo Saixi detected an unfamiliar Titled Douluo on Sea God Island and sent Mu Yu to investigate. Mu Yu found Xiao Yun cooking lobsters on the eastern shore, and after he restrained her with an invisible force, she ate with him before agreeing to accompany her to see the High Priestess.

• Bo Saixi sensed an unfamiliar Titled Douluo on Sea God Island and ordered Mu Yu to investigate and invite the visitor to Sea God Temple.
• Mu Yu found Xiao Yun roasting lobsters on the eastern shore and demanded to know who he was and how he had arrived.
• When Mu Yu tried to seize him, Xiao Yun used an invisible force to guide her into a seated position and said he would meet the High Priestess after breakfast.
• Mu Yu ate the lobsters Xiao Yun offered while he finished cooking and cleaned up.
• Xiao Yun put out the fire and agreed to go with Mu Yu to see the High Priestess.

Xiao Yun followed Sea Maiden Douluo through Sea God Island, observing its settlements and Sacred Pillars before reaching the Sea God Temple. Bo Saixi sensed his strength and summoned him to the temple, while Xiao Yun cautiously considered whether she could activate the Sea God's Light on the stairway.

• Sea Maiden Douluo led Xiao Yun through several unguarded island cities, where residents watched them pass without hostility.
• Sea Maiden Douluo prayed at the second Sacred Pillar, and Xiao Yun discovered that the pillars could form a protective array around the island.
• Xiao Yun identified the thick third pillar as the one guarded by Sea Dragon Douluo but sensed that Sea Dragon Douluo was absent.
• Xiao Yun and Bo Saixi met each other's gaze across the plaza, and Bo Saixi judged that he was powerful but not currently hostile.
• Bo Saixi instructed Sea Maiden Douluo to bring Xiao Yun to the Sea God Temple's reception hall, and Xiao Yun followed her up the Sea God Stairway while wondering whether she controlled its pressure.

Xiao Yun met Bo Saixi at the Sea God Temple, where they spoke privately about spiritual energy, Soul Power, and cultivation. Their conversation continued over tea, leaving them on cordial terms without revealing what Xiao Yun had come to find or the opportunity he awaited.

• Xiao Yun climbed the 999 steps of the Sea God Stairway and reached the Sea God Temple with Sea Maiden Douluo.
• Bo Saixi waited on the temple steps and sent Sea Maiden Douluo away after Xiao Yun greeted her.
• Bo Saixi asked Xiao Yun why he had come to Sea God Island, and he said he was there to find something and wait for an opportunity.
• Bo Saixi and Xiao Yun discussed spiritual energy, terrain, compressing Soul Power, and using the environment to overcome cultivation bottlenecks.
• Bo Saixi and Xiao Yun nearly touched hands while passing a teacup, then each withdrew.